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The 45 Best War Movies of All Time, According to Critics

Many of cinema's greatest directors have pursued war and its inherently cinematic drama as a subject.
"The Metacritic data we compiled here to track the most critically acclaimed war movies of all time finds contemporary films like Christopher Nolan's WWII thriller "Dunkirk" alongside classics like Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic "Apocalypse Now," and Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan."
The list consists of the highest-rated movies on Metacritic's site labeled with a "war" tag, and includes both feature films and documentaries."
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City of Life and Death (2009)
City of Life and Death (2009)
2
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
3
City of Ghosts (2017)
City of Ghosts (2017)
4
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
5
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
6
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
7
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
8
Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
9
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
10
The Fog of War (2003)
The Fog of War (2003)
11
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
12
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
13
Level Five (1997)
Level Five (1997)
14
Of Men and War (2014)
Of Men and War (2014)
15
Overlord (1975)
Overlord (1975)
16
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
17
No End in Sight (2007)
No End in Sight (2007)
18
Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul (2015)
19
Love and Death (1975)
Love and Death (1975)
20
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
21
La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2001)
La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2001)
22
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
23
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
24
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
25
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
26
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
27
The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
28
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
29
Threads (1984)
Threads (1984)
30
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
31
Platoon (1986)
Platoon (1986)
32
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
33
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
34
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
35
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
36
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
37
Virunga (2014)
Virunga (2014)
39
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
40
Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Le Petit Soldat (1963)
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